Masha first found massage therapy in 2006 after graduating from the University of Toledo, OH with a BA in Arts and Sciences. She began practicing yoga at age sixteen, starting with Ashtanga and Hatha, then Bikram then Vinyasa Power Yoga, and finally Yin restorative meditative yoga. She received her first 200hr Yoga Certification in 2004 through the Rama Lotus Centre in Toledo, OH, then another in 2006 from YogaFit. She later went on to receive several continuous education credits from the School of Anusara Yoga, KidYoga, Zumba, Turbokick, and Pilates, as well as teaching classes like Bootcamp, “On the Ball” Sculpt, and HIIT (high-intensity interval training). She discovered her love of massage and bodywork from yoga and the health and wellness community. Around 2018, her yoga practice changed from yang to yin, and she began focusing more on meditative, restorative healing rather than the hot, sweaty workout type of yoga. She began seeking sound healing yin classes and received a certificate training in sound healing with tuning forks called Tuning the Biofield. This type of sound therapy works directly with the body’s electrical system in its entirety – both the electric current that runs through our bodies, and the magnetic field that surrounds it. She now incorporates singing bowls, chimes, rainsticks, and other sound-healing instruments into her monthly yin yoga classes.

In 2013, she obtained her California Massage License from IPSB, International Professional School of Bodywork. She took additional coursework in Structural Integration/Rolfing, Rossiter, and Active Release & Myofascial Therapy. She also studied, sensory repatterning, cupping therapy, gua sha, and hot stone massage and incorporates these techniques into her massages regularly.

In 2017, she began studying a new modality, this time working with the feet, called Ashiatsu Barefoot Massage. This is one of the most luxurious massage techniques available and can give recipients both a gentle or very deep massage. With the help of bars and straps on the ceiling, she uses her feet in a gliding motion to get into deep knots and release deep-seated tension. She also developed her own unique technique of active release therapy with her feet.

In September 2023 she enrolled at the Pacific College of Health Sciences to complete her Doctorate of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She hopes to continue her study of the body and heal on a deeper level still, with the help of acupuncture and internal medicinal herbs.